30.10.2025, 07:05
(This post was last modified: 30.10.2025, 07:14 by Albert Richheimer.)
(29.10.2025, 21:42)Owen_English Wrote: Re installing a fresh W11 on an 'older' PC - how does one get around the need for the Trusted Platform Module (TPM) hardware? I have a pile of Dell Optiplex 9010's here, all perfectly functioning machines each with 16GB memory and 500GB SSD's in them yet they don't have this 'TPM'. Is there a way to circumnavigate that issue or am I to be again blackmailed into dumping them and buying new hardware?
That's an easy one. Just use RUFUS for creating an bootable USB stick. A comprehensive instruction is here: Using Rufus to Install Windows 11 on Unsupported Hardware. You also can install it without having a Microsoft account, see here.
Newer versions of Windows 11 try to block the installation without MS account. But you still can circumvent this by changing the registry, see here.
I have successfully installed Win11 on an old hardware, see above.
Cheers,
Albert
„Let the machine do the dirty work.“
The Elements of Programming Style, Brian W. Kernighan, P. J. Plauger 1978
The Elements of Programming Style, Brian W. Kernighan, P. J. Plauger 1978